by Agency Reporter | May 4, 2023 | Briefing
MANAGED MIGRATION to Universal Credit (UC) began in April in Northern Ireland, with 500 legacy benefit claimants in both Andersonstown and Enniskillen Jobs and Benefits Office areas contacted as part of an initial ‘Discovery Phase’, advising them that they have three...
by Agency Reporter | May 4, 2023 | Briefing
A JOINT LETTER to the UK Government’s Business Secretary calls for ministers to “come clean” over whether they will allow Worker Protection Bill to fall Unions and women’s groups have warned the government not to abandon essential legislation on workplace...
by Agency Reporter | May 3, 2023 | Briefing
ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2023, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) organised a special anniversary event at UN headquarters in New York, marking the 30 years since the UN General Assembly’s decision proclaiming an...
by Agency Reporter | May 3, 2023 | Briefing
ONLY ONE IN SEVEN children globally are protected by laws against corporal punishment, which is the most common form of violence against children ranging from smacking to more extreme abuse, according to Save the Children. Despite moves in recent years to outlaw such...
by Agency Reporter | May 2, 2023 | Briefing
The UK Government’s Independent Faith Engagement Advisor, Colin Bloom, has published his report, Does government ‘Do God?’, examining how government should engage with faith groups in England. Responses to the review are now coming in, including one from the Methodist...
by Agency Reporter | May 2, 2023 | Briefing
AN OPEN LETTER sent to Charles Windsor by the Tax Justice Network, and published in the Guardian on 30 April, warns the monarch ahead of his coronation of the “heavy financial and human costs” inflicted on “ordinary people in the UK, the Commonwealth, and around the...
